Inflated Ego Quotes

• An inflated consciousness is always egocentric and conscious of nothing but its own existence. It is incapable of learning from the past, incapable of understanding contemporary events, and incapable of drawing right conclusions about the future. It is hypnotized by itself and therefore cannot be argued with. It inevitably dooms itself to calamities that must strike it dead.

  Carl Jung

  Learning, Past, Drawing

  Carl Gustav Jung, Herbert Read, Michael Scott Montague Fordham, Gerhard Adler (1953). “The Collected Works of C.G. Jung: Psychology and alchemy”

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• Deflating inflated egos is so important to God that He offers to help.

  Max Lucado

  Ego, Important, Helping

  Max Lucado (2011). “Cure for the Common Life”, p.87, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The bully on the block who beats up somebody doesn't become more powerful. All they do is walk around inside their own mind with an inflated ego.

  Frederick Lenz

  Powerful, Block, Buddhism

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• Saying “I'll try” means our soul isn't really in it. We tell ourselves “I'll try” when our inflated egos won't come clean and admit that we're actually not all that determined. We can't overcome obstacles with the words “I'll try.” As Yoda, the philosopher in the Star Wars movies, says, “Do, or do not. There is no 'try.

  Chris Powell

  Stars, War, Mean

  Chris Powell (2011). “Choose to Lose: The 7-Day Carb Cycle Solution”, p.52, Hachette UK

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• This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self.

  Edward de Bono

  Self, Ego, Favors

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• I think my biggest problem was, as a celebrity on a TV show, you get an inflated ego and you think you're the center of the universe.

  Kirk Cameron

  Thinking, Tv Shows, Ego

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• Do you laugh in the right places? Then, you’ll get along, in fair weather or foul. Humor is nothing less than a sense of the fitness of things. Something that’s out of proportion, like an inflated ego, should strike you funny, particularly if it’s your own inflated ego. Otherwise you are pathetic and quite hopeless.

  Carole Lombard

  Weather, Laughing, Ego

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• Cats have no sense of humor, they have terribly inflated egos, and they are very touchy.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Cat, Ego, Sense Of Humor

  Robert A. Heinlein (1959). “The Door Into Summer”, Roc

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• What happens when we begin to praise our own abilities? And this is not focusing on an inflated ego, but on appreciation and praise. What happens when we begin sincerely to give thanks for our wonderful minds and our strong and healthy bodies? It's not at all difficult to believe that our own senses of confidence and self-worth are actually activated and strengthened.

  John Templeton

  Appreciation, Strong, Believe

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